BELIEF WORK WAGES
STRONG COUNTY PROTEST
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) ASHBUKTON, 20th Nov. The Ashburton County Council is asking the Counties' Association executive to protest emphatically'?! gainst the fixation of 14s a day as.wages on relief work. The council contends that the rate will result in many farm- labourers leaving their present positions. It will bo difficult for farmers to obtain labour at ji lower wage, being unable to pay more owing to the present financial stringency. If wages are paid on unproductive or uneconomic work the position will tend to become chaotic. Even if tho work is only temporary it will fix a standard of wages difficult to reduce.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 10
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109BELIEF WORK WAGES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 10
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